Posted: Dec 02, 2017
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. - Mount Union's wrestling team finished second at the 2017 Messiah Petrofes Invitational on Saturday afternoon. Mount Union tallied 193 points as they sat behind first-place No. 6 Messiah who recorded 202 points. No. 24 Waynesburg followed behind Mount Union with 127 points.
The Purple Raiders had 17 placers, with four first-place finishers in Nick Mancini (Boardman/Boardman) at 125, Alec Cotton (Hartville/Lake) at 141, Michael McIntire (Wadsworth/St. Vincent-St. Mary) at 157 and Isaiah Watson-Kirksey (Alliance/Alliance) at 184. Watson-Kirksey won his match in overtime 3-1 against #7 Derek Beitz from Messiah.
Mount Union is back at home against Ohio Northern in an OAC Dual on Tuesday, December 5 at 7:30 pm.
| Mount Union Placers | Team Results | Mount Union Individual Results | ||
| 125: Mancini, 1st | 1. Messiah | 202.0 | ||
| 125: Trent Gill, 7th | 2. Mount Union | 193.0 | ||
| 133: Seth Hayes, 5th | 3. Waynesburg | 127.0 | ||
| 133: Nolan Wochna, 6th | 4. Gettysburg | 117.0 | ||
| 141: Cotton, 1st | 5. Muhlenberg | 97.5 | ||
| 141: AJ Kammeyer, 8th | 6. Springfield | 83.5 | ||
| 149: Luke Hernandez, 2nd | 7. Alderson Broaddus | 76.5 | ||
| 149: Isaac Hendershot, 7th | 8. Muskingum | 63.0 | ||
| 149: Kyle Jenkins, 8th | 9. Ursinus | 61.0 | ||
| 157: McIntire, 1st | 10. West Virginia Tech | 42.0 | ||
| 157: Austin Rush, 2nd | 11. Thaddeus Stevens | 29.5 | ||
| 165: Jesse Gross, 3rd | 12. Bridgewater State | 28.0 | ||
| 165: Conner Homan, 5th | 13. Penn College | 22.0 | ||
| 174: Tony Rupert, 6th | 14. Greensboro | 10.5 | ||
| 174: Austin Brooks, 7th | 15. Penn State Mont Alto | 0.0 | ||
| 184: Watson-Kirksey, 1st | ||||
| 285: Mike Sinclair, 5th |